Category: Updates from Rose Bay Secondary College

The boys and girls open volleyball teams travelled to Olympic Park to compete in a round robin volleyball tournament on Friday November 16. It was an excellent opportunity to play some highly competitive volleyball against some of the best schools.  The teams have been training exceptionally well each Wednesday afternoon and often adding an extra training session in as well.

Our Opens Boys Basketball Team traveled to JJ Cahill High School to trial for the Zone Team. The competition was fierce and a high standard of athleticism and skill was clearly visable from the start.

This week Jessica, the schools Environment Captain, received news that out of more than 300 applicants she had obtained one of 24 places in a Marine Biology course the the University of Tasmania. The course “A Practical Introduction to Temperate Marine Biology”  is taught by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and will allow Jessica to particpate in Fieldwork, data analysis and hands on experience on Maria Island in Tasmania during the school holidays.

The Environment Captains are excited to announce that Rose Bay has an E-Waste bin! We encourage staff, students and parents to gather any E-waste around your house hold and pop it into the E waste bin located outside the TAS staff room.

Non-Profit Surf community OneWave is set to celebrate its 6th Birthday on Friday 22nd March 2019, by creating a fluro wave at 85 beaches around the world, to raise awareness of mental health.

The Year 7 social last week was a great success with 120 parents attending and lots of wonderful feedback!

At the end of last year, Rafael took part in the CODE4FUN Christmas Coding Challenge where he was asked to create an interactive resume that highlighted his skills, interests and achievements. It was an exciting project as it’s now his fourth year coding and it allowed him to put all the skills he had learnt into practice.

Former RBSC student, Dex (right) was presented with Queen’s Scout award at Government House last Saturday.

Scoliosis (spinal curvature) is an important health problem for adolescent girls. Twenty-give girls per thousand are at risk of developing a significant curve and three girls per thousand require active treatment. 

It is recommended that school girls participate in the National Self-Detection Program for Scoliosis. For more information, click here

On Monday April 22, Jess flew to Hobart to the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Science facility were she was lucky enough to be included in the XAS101 ‘A practical  introduction to temperate marine biology’. Out of almost 300 applicants only 24 were chosen.